Madness

You Can Fuck Off

I woke up sweating, as if someone had dump me a bucket of water on me, after another dream. This one was different and it left me anxious all morning. A guy was whipping himself to blood, a little kid rolling on his bike some kind of dark alley ... I didn't know what to make up of it and went to work to take Destiny's shift.
I couldn't focus on anything and I knew I had to talk to Peter. I tried to call him a few times but he wouldn't answer. I figured he was still sleeping so as soon as I finished at the diner and I swing by Destiny's apartment. I opened the door and yelled for Peter, it's not fair if he can sleep and I can't.
"Peter ! I hope you're up because I have to talk to you. Does the number "047,048" mean anything to you ?" I opened the door of his bedroom and I saw something I shouldn't have seen and I will probably  have nightmares for the rest of my life.
Peter and a blond haired girl -Miranda I presumed, the girl who crashed her car a few days ago - they were doing .. well let's just say what two horny teenagers can do in a bed.
"Oh shit sorry, I didn't mean to ... I was just here to ..." I tried to say something?covering up my eyes. " I'm gonna go now, bye !" And I ran out of the room, closing the door behind me. I couldn't stay in the house so I went to the only place I knew ...
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When I knocked on Roman's door I wasn't sure he would answer ... To be honest I felt like a complete idiot and I was about to leave when he opened the door and looked rather surprised to see me.
"Hey ..." I wanted to tell him so much more but I expected him to closed the door any second now.
"Where is your partner in crime ?" he asked looking behind me.
"Roman ... Peter is not with me, he doesn't even know I'm here."
"Oh, so I'm like your secret lover then."
"Peter is not my boyfriend and I don't need anyone permission to do anything."
Roman wasn't sure on what to do and I didn't know what to say.
"Look, are you going to let me so we can talk or ..."
He stepped aside and let me in.

His house was absolutely amazing. It was very dark but also very elegant.
"So what did you want to talk about ?" he asked, on the couch.
"First of all, I would like to apologize about -"
"Is this all you came here for ? Because you can fuck off now."
It was going to be a lot harder than I thought ... " Roman, I'm sorry. But just think about it from my point of view ! I see you, over your mom's body, all covered in blood. How am I supposed to react ?"
He didn't say anything but the fact that he didn't threw me out of his house encouraged me to continue. " You know what, I don't expect you to understand, all I want is  to apologize for leaving you when you needed me the most and for you to help us, about the dreams, I know you're having them too."
"And why would I want to help Peter ? You forgave him quite quickly didn't you ?"
"Because what's the point of staying mad forever ? You two are the only friends I have and I don't want us to fight. Especially when we are the only one who can figure out the solution  of an upcoming danger." Roman was thinking and was about to say something when someone knocked on the door.
"You didn't tell Peter you were here right ?" He asked me, walking to the door.
I shook my head and he gestured me to move aside so the person at the door wouldn't see.
Roman opened the door and Peter was standing there looking rather agitated.
"Uh, the white mask from the dreams. That guy, I-I think ... I think he killed the family, the one at the gore, and he killed a woman and her kid last night .. and the kid on the tricycle, he's gonna run him over." He rushed the words out of his mouth.
"So, what are you saying ? A psycho in a freak mask is walking around killing people ?" Roman said unfazed. He looked willing to help me but not Peter ...
"Yeah, but he's making look them like accident."
"Why ?" Roman seemed tempted to look behind him but for some reasons he didn't want Peter to know I was here.
"I don't know, that's why I'm standing in the last place either of us want to be right now. The kid on the tricycle, he was looking up at something. If we could figure out what that was we - "
"What do you want ?"
"All of last year, Destiny kept telling me to pay attention to the dreams and I didn't. That's why everything went bad. Plus this time it's different, Rose is in the whole mess. She's having them too."
"Well, if you're trying to make up for skipping out on me like a coward, then duly noted."
"I was a coward. It wasn't even the people who trashed my trailer. I just didn't want anything to remind me of Letha, of everything that I lost." Oh .. mentioning Letha, bad move .. " You and Rose were my only friend and I shouldn't have abandoned you and I'm sorry."
Roman didn't answer, he just stood there and Peter understood he had to leave.
He was up the drive way when Roman called after him. "Peter ... the thing the kid was looking at ... It was a plane - old fashioned, biplane, whatever, pulling a green banner, flying really low. Good luck" And with that he closed the door and stood in front of me.
"I'm not ready to forgive Peter right now .. But I'm willing to help you, only you. What you do with the informations we come up with doesn't concern me ok ?"
I nodded and walked passed him to get to the door but he grabbed my arm and pulled me into a hug. Roman never hugged me, except when he was really down so it felt a bit weird. He was squeezing me and whispered in the crook of my neck.
"I forgive you Rose. But please don't you ever leave me again, never again."
"I promise."
"Good." he let go of me and I left his house. What a fucking day ...